Old White Man Rant - Page 2

MJ4H · 11-19-2009, 07:39 PM

BTW if you are undecided about twitter, the day you start following "shitmydadsays" is the day twitter becomes awesome.

JonInMiddleGA · 11-19-2009, 11:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Lathum

This has to be the first time anyone on this board has called me calm and collected.

Heh, reminds me of a truism around my house that basically says any time a situation arises where I'm the voice of reason ... well, things are pretty well fucked at that point.

Groundhog · 11-19-2009, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Heh, reminds me of a truism around my house that basically says any time a situation arises where I'm the voice of reason ... well, things are pretty well fucked at that point.

DaddyTorgo · 11-19-2009, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

So, how do you get followers? I've been tweeting for months, updates on FOF, TCY, pretty much everything to do with the company. All I have following me is some chick from Taiwan who wants to sell me diet pills.

(I am so going to hell for posting that)

you tell people here that you're tweeting?

stevew · 11-19-2009, 11:37 PM

I'd definitely watch a sitcom based on the JIMGA family. But only if somehow Reggie Ball was his next door neighbor.

Young Drachma · 11-20-2009, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Solecismic

So, how do you get followers? I've been tweeting for months, updates on FOF, TCY, pretty much everything to do with the company. All I have following me is some chick from Taiwan who wants to sell me diet pills.

(I am so going to hell for posting that)

For you, it's pretty easy:

1. Tap your network (like someone said)
2. Post a link to your twitter account on your web site.
3. Figure out whether it's going to be an engagement tool for your brand or just a vehicle for you to connect with audiences and grow the game's reach. Or both. And then begin to develop trust with those audiences, by using the tool and not trying to sell them something.
4. Tap your network.

It's not an overnight thing, even when you have a site like this backing you. (But it doesn't hurt.) You'll need to go into it with a strategy and like most strategies, grow with it as your needs adapt/change/fail, etc.

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 11-20-2009, 06:22 AM

I think it was a joke, one that I thought was very funny.

lynchjm24 · 11-20-2009, 06:56 AM

I think you missed the true #1.... which of course would be - have a desire to provide updates for people.

It was such a good line, I'm sorry for Jim that people missed the joke.

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

For you, it's pretty easy:

1. Tap your network (like someone said)
2. Post a link to your twitter account on your web site.
3. Figure out whether it's going to be an engagement tool for your brand or just a vehicle for you to connect with audiences and grow the game's reach. Or both. And then begin to develop trust with those audiences, by using the tool and not trying to sell them something.
4. Tap your network.

It's not an overnight thing, even when you have a site like this backing you. (But it doesn't hurt.) You'll need to go into it with a strategy and like most strategies, grow with it as your needs adapt/change/fail, etc.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-20-2009, 08:45 AM

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Originally Posted by lynchjm24

Forgive me for forgetting the assholes who make the Gap commercials. There is a special place in hell for them. If the internet had any real value beyond checking box scores and porn, it would rise up and put the fucking Gap out of business by the end of November for forcing that fucking commercial on us.

Do they still make Gap commercials for TV or is this rant pulled from the 2001 archives?

Dr. Sak · 11-20-2009, 08:49 AM

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Originally Posted by MJ4H

BTW if you are undecided about twitter, the day you start following "shitmydadsays" is the day twitter becomes awesome.

Pure comedy gold!

LloydLungs · 11-20-2009, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MJ4H

BTW if you are undecided about twitter, the day you start following "shitmydadsays" is the day twitter becomes awesome.

Yes. Twitter is at least 95% garbage, but the other 5% makes it totally worth it. It's all about who you follow. If you limit yourself to small groups of people -- for me, the above guy, TheBloggess, some of the old writers from Mystery Science Theater, a few other truly funny people, along with a group of local and national news outlets -- it's an entertaining and very informative experience. And I usually HATE trendy internet stuff and sound exactly like the OP on most similar topics.

BYU 14 · 11-20-2009, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

For you, it's pretty easy:

1. Tap your network (like someone said)
2. Post a link to your twitter account on your web site.
3. Figure out whether it's going to be an engagement tool for your brand or just a vehicle for you to connect with audiences and grow the game's reach. Or both. And then begin to develop trust with those audiences, by using the tool and not trying to sell them something.
4. Tap that Taiwan chick.

It's not an overnight thing, even when you have a site like this backing you. (But it doesn't hurt.) You'll need to go into it with a strategy and like most strategies, grow with it as your needs adapt/change/fail, etc.

Fixed

Galaxy · 11-20-2009, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Do they still make Gap commercials for TV or is this rant pulled from the 2001 archives?

I'm trying to recall what commerical he is talking about.

Ronnie Dobbs2 · 11-20-2009, 12:00 PM

Mustang · 11-20-2009, 12:01 PM

Mustang · 11-20-2009, 12:04 PM

The Gap wasn't always for young 20 something dancers....

lynchjm24 · 11-20-2009, 12:32 PM

The 2009 Holiday Commerical is the one I speak of.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-20-2009, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by lynchjm24

The 2009 Holiday Commerical is the one I speak of.

Never seen it.

DVR + Red Zone Channel + Internet + Mute button = H_B not being aware of like 95% of the commercials out there.

I AM TEH WINNAR!1!

Lathum · 11-20-2009, 12:40 PM

Damn you kids and your internets...

JonInMiddleGA · 11-20-2009, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

DVR + Red Zone Channel + Internet + Mute button = H_B not being aware of like 95% of the commercials out there.
I AM TEH WINNAR!1!

Sounds like a lot more effort expended than the "victory" is worth but to each their own I guess. I'd rather just take a leak or refill my coffee (no, not at the same time) while the spots run than go through all the button pushing.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-20-2009, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Sounds like a lot more effort expended than the "victory" is worth but to each their own I guess. I'd rather just take a leak or refill my coffee (no, not at the same time) while the spots run than go through all the button pushing.

Not really. Each option takes less effort than getting off the couch:

I have a 30 second skip function on my DVR, so that's easy enough.

By "internet", I mean I surf the internet while watching a game. The laptop is on my lap and I just "tune out" the TV during commercials.

Red Zone Channel is just a simply touch on the "swap" button between DVR tuners. I never feel bead if I miss a play or two of the Lions' game.

Mute button is reserved for the odd occassion Lady H_B is in the room while the game is on. Again, easy enough.

JonInMiddleGA · 11-20-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Not really. Each option takes less effort than getting off the couch

What did you do, have a catheter installed?

At least the internet part I can relate to, I really don't remember the last time I watched more than 10 minutes of TV without being online simultaneously.

Honolulu_Blue · 11-20-2009, 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

What did you do, have a catheter installed?

At least the internet part I can relate to, I really don't remember the last time I watched more than 10 minutes of TV without being online simultaneously.

No catheter, but given how many commercial breaks there are in an average college or pro football game, my bladder isn't the size of an infant's either. There are only so many "potty" breaks one can take over the course of 3 - 3.5 hours, no?

Then again, with how you down the coffee, that might not be as much of an issue.

Young Drachma · 11-20-2009, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by lynchjm24

I think you missed the true #1.... which of course would be - have a desire to provide updates for people.

It was such a good line, I'm sorry for Jim that people missed the joke.

It's what I do for a living. So the joke wasn't lost on me, it was just late and I was scribbling a blog post based on your original rant and Jim's post helped me flesh out some things.

I know him and Twitter would be like baby seals and oil spills.

lynchjm24 · 11-20-2009, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Dark Cloud

It's what I do for a living. So the joke wasn't lost on me, it was just late and I was scribbling a blog post based on your original rant and Jim's post helped me flesh out some things.

I know him and Twitter would be like baby seals and oil spills.

I bet you were focused on the Twitter part and not the important part: that asshole Will Carroll.

I have a DVR and a laptop too. I also go out in public and don't have the remote control for every TV I sit near in a bar or restaurant. I also don't pay attention to the TV much of the time when I work at home and it's on... but it's the FUCKING SONG that is the worst part. It's like Matt Millen went into jingles after leaving the Lions.

JonInMiddleGA · 11-20-2009, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

Then again, with how you down the coffee, that might not be as much of an issue.

Figure one potty break an hour + 1 to 3 coffee refills an hour depending upon the time of day + I'm usually only half watching anyway = commercials aren't much of an issue for me

stevew · 11-20-2009, 10:49 PM

Happy fucking birthday lynchjm.

Pumpy Tudors · 11-20-2009, 10:52 PM

Here's my real rant:

Nobody has told me who the fuck Will Carroll is.

cartman · 11-20-2009, 10:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Nobody has told me who the fuck Will Carroll is.

Ask your wife about the milkman

cartman · 11-20-2009, 10:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Nobody has told me who the fuck Will Carroll is.

Also, beware people making cross country drives.

Oilers9911 · 11-21-2009, 11:40 AM

3/10. Using the word fuck a lot does not make a rant better. Also, shitting on Facebook and Twitter has been done to death.

DanGarion · 11-21-2009, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Oilers9911

3/10. Using the word fuck a lot does not make a rant better. Also, shitting on Facebook and Twitter has been done to death.

Yeah, at least shit on Social Media Experts like I did.

Social Media Experts « Powered By Dan!

lynchjm24 · 11-21-2009, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by stevew

Happy fucking birthday lynchjm.

Thanks. I got a Fudgie the Whale. I would be friends with him on Facebook.

Logan · 02-21-2010, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by MJ4H

BTW if you are undecided about twitter, the day you start following "shitmydadsays" is the day twitter becomes awesome.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news...Twitter-Sitcom

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William Shatner, pop culture icon and the original Captain Kirk, is to play the titular Dad in the pilot of Sh*t My Dad Says, the TV sitcom inspired by a Twitter feed.

It's almost too weird to be true, Captain Kirk in a sitcom based on a Twitter feed, but weird or not, it's entirely true. The rise of @shitmydadsays can best be described as meteroic. Originally started back in August by 29 year old Justin Halpern to record the funny things his 73 year old father said, gems such as "You worry too much. Eat some bacon... What? No, I got no idea if it'll make you feel better, I just made too much bacon."

In just a few short months the feed has has attracted more than one million followers and was optioned for a sitcom by CBS in November. The pilot of Shit My Dad Says, which will mirror the background of the twitter feed, a 29 year old forced to move back in with his aging parents and will be retitled should it become a regular show, will star William Shatner as the slightly-crotchety, plain-talking father, and is co-written and co-produced by Halpern.

Pumpy Tudors · 02-21-2010, 10:42 AM

Couldn't you have bumped a more entertaining thread than this one? This one makes my scrotum sad.

11-20-2009, 06:22 AM	#57
Ronnie Dobbs2 Pro Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Bahston Mass	I think it was a joke, one that I thought was very funny. __________________ There's no I in Teamocil, at least not where you'd think

11-20-2009, 12:00 PM	#64
Ronnie Dobbs2 Pro Rookie Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Bahston Mass	__________________ There's no I in Teamocil, at least not where you'd think

11-20-2009, 12:01 PM	#65
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	__________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

11-20-2009, 12:04 PM	#66
Mustang Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Wisconsin	The Gap wasn't always for young 20 something dancers.... __________________ You, you will regret what you have done this day. I will make you regret ever being born. Your going to wish you never left your mothers womb, where it was warm and safe... and wet. i am going to show you pain you never knew existed, you are going to see a whole new spectrum of pain, like a Rainboooow. But! This rainbow is not just like any other rainbow, its...

11-20-2009, 10:52 PM	#78
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Here's my real rant: Nobody has told me who the fuck Will Carroll is. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

11-19-2009, 11:37 PM	#55
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I'd definitely watch a sitcom based on the JIMGA family. But only if somehow Reggie Ball was his next door neighbor.

11-20-2009, 12:32 PM	#67
lynchjm24 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Hartford	The 2009 Holiday Commerical is the one I speak of.

11-20-2009, 12:40 PM	#69
Lathum Favored Bitch #1 Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: homeless in NJ	Damn you kids and your internets...

11-20-2009, 10:49 PM	#77
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	Happy fucking birthday lynchjm.

11-21-2009, 11:40 AM	#81
Oilers9911 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jan 2006	3/10. Using the word fuck a lot does not make a rant better. Also, shitting on Facebook and Twitter has been done to death.

02-21-2010, 10:42 AM	#85
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Couldn't you have bumped a more entertaining thread than this one? This one makes my scrotum sad. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

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